Sign Language Trivia 3

Question 1

What is a 'classifier' in ASL?

Accepted Answer

A handshape that represents a category of objects or their movement

Answer

Classifiers are specific handshapes that represent objects, people, or animals and can show their location, movement, and interaction within a signed sentence.

Question 2

What does 'ASL gloss' refer to?

Accepted Answer

A written representation of ASL using English words in capital letters

Answer

ASL gloss is a written notation system where ASL signs are represented by capitalized English words in the order they would appear in ASL, not in English word order.

Question 3

Which country's sign language is most closely related to ASL?

Accepted Answer

French Sign Language (LSF)

Answer

ASL is most closely related to French Sign Language (LSF) because Laurent Clerc, a deaf French teacher, helped establish American deaf education in 1817 and brought LSF with him.

Question 4

What is 'mouth morpheme' in ASL?

Accepted Answer

Specific mouth movements that function as grammatical modifiers in ASL

Answer

Mouth morphemes are non-speech mouth movements (not English words) that carry grammatical meaning in ASL, such as 'mm' for normal or comfortable, or 'th' for careless action.

Question 5

What does the sign language term 'CODA' stand for?

Accepted Answer

Child of Deaf Adults

Answer

CODA stands for Child of Deaf Adults and refers to hearing individuals who grew up with deaf parents and are often native ASL users.

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